Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] known [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simone 's eyes were sparkling , and Alyssia said frigidly , ‘ I had no idea you were known in this part of the world . ’ |
| 2 | I mean what we 've heard that in fact erm they had met in prison , but was that known to you at that time or simply that they were known to each other and that had a record ? |
| 3 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 4 | The overall loss of reading time , and even the loss of the reading habit as it was known to earlier generations , should not be underestimated . |
| 5 | At this period it was known as Upper Hailing Place and was the residence of the Rev. James Formby . |
| 6 | In a variety of forms it was known in ancient times . |
| 7 | She uses only the pinhole camera or , as it was known in pre-photographic times , the camera obscura . |
| 8 | Police had not named the man last night , but locals said he was known as Big Leo , of Thorntree . |
| 9 | Of the other candidates , Funar was mayor of Cluj-Napoca where he was known for anti-Hungarian measures [ see p. 38922 ] ; Dragomir had been chosen as NSF candidate on July 25 after Petre Roman , former Prime Minister and leader of the reformist NSF [ see p. 38881 ] had refused to stand for the presidency ; Manzatu , a professor and founder of the Republican Party ( RP ) , was formerly connected with the Ceausescu leadership ; and Druc , formerly Prime Minister of Moldova , campaigned solely on the unification issue . |